soil

The Soil

soil life

soil texture

What's in soil?

soil testing

soil pH




comparing Sand, Silt, and Clay in 5 different gardens on campus

CampusGarden	Sand	Silt	Clay
Middle School	53	17	30
West	33	33	33
LowerSchool	26	26	46
Gym	43	17	40
Finn	17	7	76

Measuring the Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium, and pH of the soil


0 - depleted
1 - deficient
2- adequate
3- sufficient
4 - surplus

CampusGarden	Nitrogen N	Phosphorous P	Potassium K	pH
Middle School	N1	P2	K4	7.0
West	N2	P2	K1	7.0
LowerSchool	N1	K1	K1	7.0
Gym	N2	P2	K3	6.5
Finn	N1	P1	K1	6.5

A good balance of sand, silt and clay is needed to have good soil. Gardens with a lot more of one than the other will not do as well as one were they are close to equal or equal the amount of these three things.